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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
bugger
bug·ger [bugger buggers buggered buggering] noun, verb BrE [ˈbʌɡə(r)] NAmE [ˈbʌɡər] noun (BrE, taboo, slang) 1. an offensive word used to insult sb, especially a man, and to show anger or dislike •Come here, you little bugger! •You stupid bugger! You could have run me over! •Don't let the buggers get you down. 2. used to refer to a person, especially a man, that you like or feel sympathy for •Poor bugger! His wife left him last week. •He's a tough old bugger. •You daft bugger! 3. usually singular a thing that is difficult or causes problems •This door's a bugger to open. •Question 6 is a real bugger. •It's a bugger trying to remember the lines. see play silly buggers at ↑silly adj. Word Origin: Middle English (originally denoting a heretic): from Middle Dutch, from Old French bougre ‘heretic’, from medieval Latin Bulgarus ‘Bulgarian’, particularly one belonging to the Orthodox Church and therefore regarded as a heretic by the Roman Church. The sense ‘sodomite’ (16th cent.) arose from an association of heresy with forbidden sexual practices; its use as a general insult dates from the early 18th cent. Idiom: ↑bugger me Derived: ↑bugger about ▪ ↑bugger off ▪ ↑bugger somebody about ▪ ↑bugger something up verb 1. intransitive, transitive (BrE, taboo, slang)used as a swear word when sb is annoyed about sth or to show that they do not care about sth at all •Bugger! I've left my keys at home. •~ sth Bugger it! I've burnt the toast. •Oh, bugger the cost! Let's get it anyway. •So I thought, bugger this for a lark. 2. transitive ~ sth (BrE, taboo, slang)to break or ruin sth •I think I've buggered the computer. •This will bugger the rear suspension. 3. transitive ~ sb (taboo or law)to have ↑anal sex with sb Verb forms: Word Origin: Middle English (originally denoting a heretic): from Middle Dutch, from Old French bougre ‘heretic’, from medieval Latin Bulgarus ‘Bulgarian’, particularly one belonging to the Orthodox Church and therefore regarded as a heretic by the Roman Church. The sense ‘sodomite’ (16th cent.) arose from an association of heresy with forbidden sexual practices; its use as a general insult dates from the early 18th cent.
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